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Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 30 August 2024

At Hopwood, where Byron’s feet had trod, lumpy clods of plaster had fallen, making their presence known beneath my soles - prickly protestations at the status quo.

Aerial Video of Hexham Abbey, Northumberland.

Hexham has a townscape that rises in benevolence to the stocky tower of the church dedicated to St Andrew. Formerly an abbey, the church is a wonderful amalgam of different periods clashing together.

Genius Loci: Mid-week-pick-me-up

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Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 23 August 2024

I’m feeling very low. It’s the perfect storm—a toxic cocktail of intersecting events that hits deep into my self-esteem.

Be there: St. Mary, Itchen Stoke, in glorious VR

If anybody wants to get a sense of Sainte-Chapelle without the expense of travelling to Paris, they should head for Itchen Stoke.

⟁ Member's Supplement: St. Mary, Itchen Stoke, Hampshire - Full Set of Photographs

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Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 16 August 2024

All the best things are double-baked—in this case, built and built again. Many of the stones that have held up the walls for over 1,300 years were tooled and carved by the hands of Romans.

Patina 27th Edition

Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 9 August 2024

The angry cursive is absorbed by the sweeping concord of the subtle and the intangible.